The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-06-23
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New YORK, June II, 1887.
The famous old publishing house O
Lee & Shepard, Boston, is now advanc
ing confidently into its second quarter
of a century, for it was on February
1862, that they began business in {
little old colonial building on Wash
ington street. Since then the book
jobbing business in New England ha:
waxed and waned, and while it stoOd
at its best, this was the leading house
in it, carrying immense stocks O
books, and driving a profitable trade
on all sides. OF late years the firm
has confined itself to its own publica
tions, and those including the long
lines of the works of Oliver Optic
Elijah Kellogg, G., +. Trowbridge
Sophie May, etc, and the Golden Flo
raj Series, AID many brilliant and pop
ular holiday books, give them all the
business they want.
Tie Russian Rcfngre, by R. Viii
son, which has just been issued by that
popular house Of +. R. Knox & Co..
is a tale of the Blue Ridge" full OIL
marvellous adventure, much mystery;
and strongly contrasted characters,
acting their diverse parts in compli-
Gated plot, and finally discomfting
the william of the story. But the title
roLs, the .'Russian Refugee" is the
character that dominates and peryades
the whole, and the description Of this
fascinating parsonage is the great at
traction of the book. Living secluded
from mankind, in an undiscoverable
cave, he retains all the noble aspira-
tions of his youth for the regeneration
of man, and tcmpers them with the
wide experience of man of the world
and the calm. and mature wisdom OF
age. Higher speculations even than
those respecting social amelioration
have occupied his years Of retirement,
and his discourses on what, for lack of
better word, | may call SPIRITUAL
matters, will repay perusal. They
make the reader say to himself, THAT
is just what has passed through my
mind, and l have been unable to
seize it."
Mr.. Julian Hawthorne has formed
a novel literary partnership with In
spector Thomas Byrnes, Chief Of the
New York Detective Bureau. Mr..
Byrnes is going to furnish Mr.. Haw-
thorne with innumerable details of his
own experience as detective and in
spector, and Mr.. Hawthorne will put
the material thus supplied into the
form of stories, presumably using ficti-
tious names for the persons and local
it1es. But the stories will be based
upon Inspector Byrnes' experiences in
New York, and all the data used will
have the advantage of being actual
memoranda of facts derived from the
inspectors diaries and "reminiscences.
Naturally, such wealth of matter will
require a good deal Of space for Its
proper artistic development, and
Messrs. Cassell & Co., who are to pub
lish the results of this interesting col
alteration, announce that they will
bring out a series Of volumes prepared
by the novelist and the chief OF detect
ives. The first volume, which will be
published Immediately, is entitled :. A
Tragic Mystery" 1t relates to a mys-
terious murder which occurred in New
York some years ago presumably the
Nathan murder), and narrates the va
rious efforts of the police to discover
the criminal. The story is said tc
have a dramatic conclusion. NovelstS
have frequently gone to the police and
legal records of crime and fraud fol
the material of romance, and there
seems TO be every reason why this i'm.
mediate association of novelist and
detective should lead to the publica-
ton of effective, thrilling and popular
books.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes ha:
written the opening article tor the
.BeeCher Memorial now being pre-
pared for Mrs. Beecher and her family
by Mr. Edward W. Box, Of Brooklyn
n. Y, to which Mr.. Gladstone, Presi
ident Cleveland, the Duke of Argyle
and some seVenty-five other distin
guiShed Americans and foreigners have
also contributed articles. Only 1oc
copies of the Memorial" are intended
for the public.
The July number Of LibbincOf
Magazine will be largely a Southern
one, with such names as Julia Magru
der, Thomas Nelson Page, Rober
Burns Wilson, Amelie Rives, etc
among its contributors. The prize
essay on :. Social Life at the University
Of Virginia " is contributed by JONI
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